Organization

Hong Kong Arts Festival

Sänger

Mezzosopran

Furio Zanasi

Die menschliche Gebrechlichkeit

Tenor

Odysseus

Dirigat

Philippe Pierlot

Regie

William Kentridge

Bühnenbild

Adrian Kohler

Herman Sorgeloos

Videogestaltung

Catherine Meyburgh

Assistant Director

Luc de Wit

Lichtgestaltung

Wesley France

Kristina Hammarström

Penelope

Jean-François Novelli

Telemach

Pisandro

Bass

Antonio Abete

Die Zeit

Neptun

Antinoos

Sopran

Hanna Bayodi-Hirt

Minerva

Amor

Anna Zander

Das Schicksal

Countertenor

Amphinomos

Menelatho

Víctor Sordo

Eurymachos

Eumaios

Jupiter

Orchestra

Ricercar Consort

Italienisch

Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria -  (Die Heimkehr des Odysseus)

Hong Kong

China

Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria

Public

Die Heimkehr des Odysseus

Chinesisch

Englisch

Genehmigt

The battle-scarred Ulysses returns from an epic voyage to find a home he barely recognises—a place where his face is no longer known, and his waiting wife Penelope beset by those who stand to gain if he never returns. Homer’s Odyssey is a story of exile and longing, of love, deception and revenge, and it has been retold in almost every conceivable artform, from epic poetry to Hollywood movies; from experimental novels to animé. And, of course, opera. Monteverdi’s Il Ritorno d’Ulisse is more than one of the oldest operas in the repertory. It is also a gripping human drama, told through energetic Renaissance dance music and passionate song, bristling with all the emotion, energy and wit of what was—when it was first performed in 1639—state-of-the-art blockbuster entertainment.

Now, visionary director William Kentridge, early music specialists the Ricercar Consort and vocalists specialised in baroque singing, including mezzo-soprano Kristina Hammarström and tenor Jeffrey Thompson, join South Africa’s world-famous Handspring Puppet Company to share their version of Monteverdi’s opera. In a 20th-century Johannesburg hospital, an elderly Ulysses looks back on the events of his life. Through video animation, the power of Monteverdi’s music performed live and Handspring’s extraordinary, life-size puppets, Il Ritorno d’Ulisse blurs the boundaries between human reality and artifice, memory and actuality, to create a powerful, universal and unforgettable operatic experience—like Homer’s original, a timeless epic of absence and adventure, of yearning, love and human fragility, and how fidelity and courage ultimately triumph over deception and greed.

English

Die Heimkehr des Odysseus by Monteverdi, Ab (2023/2023), Unter der Regie von William Kentridge,, Dirigat Philippe Pierlot

Aufführungskredite (Besetzung & Produktionsteam )

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Produktionsteam

Ensemble

Programm, Über & Zusammenfassung

Fotos

Weiterführende Literatur

Aufführungstermine & Spielstätten

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